Doing an inverted Tee fillet weld on quarter inch plate.
Strike and arc...Pre-heat the metal...Swing the tip of the rod to the left...Back to the right...Whip up one electrode diameter...Bring it back down to fill in the crater. Seems easy enough. Wish it was
I am running 85 amps...Eighth inch rod...7010. Much in the way of undercutting and the beads are real narrow. I made the arc length just a little longer but I end up with a piled up mess of weld bead and still have undercutting. Since Wensday of this week I made a two inch weld bead that look like my instructor did it. With that being a "Ray of hope" I thought I would be able to do it again after lunch. No such luck.
Any suggestions? I need to know before Monday.
Thanks
Tim
Strike and arc...Pre-heat the metal...Swing the tip of the rod to the left...Back to the right...Whip up one electrode diameter...Bring it back down to fill in the crater. Seems easy enough. Wish it was
I am running 85 amps...Eighth inch rod...7010. Much in the way of undercutting and the beads are real narrow. I made the arc length just a little longer but I end up with a piled up mess of weld bead and still have undercutting. Since Wensday of this week I made a two inch weld bead that look like my instructor did it. With that being a "Ray of hope" I thought I would be able to do it again after lunch. No such luck.
Any suggestions? I need to know before Monday.
Thanks
Tim
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